Dear Indian Voter,
You have spent the last 3 years expressing your frustration with the Indian political system. You protested in the streets, went on hunger strikes and ranted on social media. You said you were fed up with corruption and the quality of parliamentarians. This time around, you are supposed to get into action, walk to the booth and vote for change.
You must understand that change is not a silver-bullet. It will not be miraculously brought about by ‘one’ Prime Minister. The parliament is formed of 543 elected representatives. Your job is to ensure that your elected representative is not a murderer, rapist or thief. If you vote just for Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi or Arvind Kejriwal you could well end up electing someone with a criminal background into parliament. Is this why you were protesting for the last 3 years? Here’s a look at candidates from these 3 parties for the first five phases:
| Party | Percentage of Crime Accused Candidates in the first 5 phases |
| BJP |
34% |
| Congress |
23% |
| AAP |
18% |
Political parties will continue to give tickets to those with pending criminal cases. It is your job to reject these candidates. Otherwise, you’ll end up electing criminals and over the next few years, get back into the cycle of cursing the parliament. You will be to blame if this happens.
Today you are voting for a new government. This is a great chance for you to make a statement and say no to all candidates with pending criminal cases. Isn’t that the best way for you to ensure that there is systemic cleansing of the parliament. How would you feel about your child marrying someone who has an attempt to murder charge? Would you be comfortable with hiring someone who has pending charges of dacoity and rioting? Why don’t you use the same parameters to select your MPs?
Here are some tools to make your job easier:
1) Go to www.myneta.info to see the criminal record, educational background, financial assets/liabilities and declared income of candidates contesting elections from your constituency.
2) To get this information on your mobile phone, send an SMS: Send MYNETA <pincode> to 9246556070 or 56070. Or you can dial *325*35# from your mobile phone.
3) Download this android app to lodge a complaint against any electoral practice that you observe.
Good Luck,
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Don’t Ask ”
How ” ?
At the bottom of the 42 page Election Manifesto of BJP
, released yesterday , I tried to search , if in very small print somewhere ,
there was a footnote which read ,
” Please ,
don’t ask how we plan to implement these promises ;
From where we
plan to find all the money to execute these projects ”
Here are my back-of-the-envelope estimates of what some
of the MAJOR projects might cost :
————————————————————————————
PROJECT
……………………………… Approx Cost ( Rs Lakh * Crores )
————————————————————————————-
> 100 Mega
Cities…………………… 90
> Interlinking
of Rivers……………… 60
> Sagar Mala
of Ports……………….. 30
> Highways (
25,000 Km )………….. 50
> Housing (
100 mill units )………… 100
> Rivers
Cleaning…………………….. 10
> Other Infra
Projects……………….. 100
* Freight
Corridors
* Gas Grids
* OFC Network
*
Quadrilateral Bullet Trains
————————————————————————————
Total ……………………………………Rs 430 Lakh Crores
————————————————————————————
Admittedly , not all of these money will be required in
the very first budget that NaMo government ( – of course , only if voted to
power ! ) , would present by end June 2014
But a problem does not go away by postponement !
There is only ONE viable solution to the FUNDING
problem , viz:,
> Union
Government must NOT even try to fund these projects !
There is NO WAY , it can find these kind of money thro
taxation !
There will be a revolt
!
ANSWER
> Make it
possible for the PUBLIC to invest into these projects by ” owning ”
these
projects – and earn a reasonable ” tax-free ” return on investments
( Bonds ? )
in these projects
>
Towards this end , create various
INFRASTRUCTURE SPVs
> Immediately
modify PERSONAL INCOME TAX regime as follows :
> Up to
Rs 5 lakhs…………………
NIL
> 5.1 –
10 lakhs………………….. 8 %
> 10.1 – 20 lakhs…………………. 6 %
> 20.1 –
50 lakhs………………… 5 %
> 50.1 – 100 lakhs………………… 3 %
> Above 100 lakhs…………………. 1 %
What is likely to happen with such ” INVERSE TAXATION
” regime ?
Following few things :
> Total personal tax payer base will go up dramatically
from current 4
crores tax-payers
> with this ” INVERSE TAX REGIME ”
, there will be no incentive to evade
taxes and to generate ” BLACK
MONEY ”
There will be no resistance to accept ALL payments by cheque /
electronic
clearance
The more you disclose as your income , the less
you pay by way of taxes
( Of course , incrementally )
> For a change , we will learn to reward honesty /
efficiency / productivity !
No need to bribe those Income Tax
officers !
> Suddenly , lakhs of crores of BLACK MONEY will become WHITE MONEY
> There will be a huge surge in bank deposits ( – even
with , the inevitable
lower interest rates )
> Banks will be awash with funds to finance businesses /
infrastructure
projects etc , encouraging entrepreneurs /
self-employed to set up new
businesses ( at 2 % interest rates of loans ) and
generate millions of jobs
In any case , BJP manifesto promises :
>
Rationalization and simplification of the tax regime – which is
currently
repulsive
for honest tax payers
> The process
of bringing black money to India , what belongs to India , will
be put in
motion on priority
> Minimize
scope for Corruption
Narendrabhai ,
Here is your chance to ditch the ” Historical
Baggage ” into the Indian Ocean
and come up with an
INNOVATION that will take India
ahead of China !
If President Kubitschek of Brazil ( 1956-61 ) – son of
a poor salesman – could construct Capital city BRASILIA and a 1500 Km highway ,
in 41 months , surely , you can do better , 57 years later !
* hemen parekh
( 08 April
2014 / Mumbai
)
so should we vote for naxal supportet, cia funded agency, maovadis & a person who have only solution for every problem dharna!!!
vote for whoever you want. but it’s tough to imagine how things will change if we keep voting for crime accused based on our biases of religion, caste etc.
I have never voted for a party.
It is the candidate which matters,but,the choice narrows down to one between a dacoit and a pick pocket.
That is the reality of Indian political system
True. What we can do is to reject the pick pockets and dacoits whenever possible so that it becomes unfeasible for parties to issue tickets to criminals. Let’s not vote for a dacoit just because we want Modi – that’s where it all goes wrong.
Sir,
There are no pick pockets now, they all joined congress in 2009.
I THINK WE HAVE AAP TO TRY.
Whom to Vote We in our constituency had one giant Dacoit ( my caste ),one Prof with a Jhadoo,One Billionaire Mouse.
Prof talked to me and was on Google Chat he was new so I let him in.
that sounds reasonable.
Somebody down has said that upto 5 Lakhs there should be no income tax.If this is done we can invest in INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS MONTHLY.This is also suggested by the same AAM AADMI.
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